FLYING CHAUCERS

I am currently tutoring the best friend of the girl Tara is tutoring: meaning, I am now reading Chaucer, which I know fondly and have memories of it I cannot erase from none other than Natalie Vanessa Hall, who used to recite to me in Middle English (different than Old English) - "Whan that Aprille... something something soda, sote, something something."

Well, the best part of the poem (written in 1380) is the footnotes. For example, that Greensleeves and the idea of "getting green" references the celebration of the coming of May and men and women going out to enjoy the spring, coming back covered in green leaves from laying down "to make love." (Not my words, I promise.)

Also, it's funny to think of fighting to the death and castles and conquering in order to take someone as your wife. Well maybe not funny, but more like hyperdramatic and extreme in chivalry.

But in either case, I would recommend Chaucer if you loved the good old Odyssey and the Aeneid, though all of you nerdy friends of mine probably don't need to read this.

I went to visit my grandmother's today and pick up my sister from White Plains where she goes to Accounting Seminars that are a little bit like camp, except with a hotel and right next to the "Krasdale Corporate Headquarters." Needless to say, she gets discounts from some phone service companies as well as a salary with benefits. Who knew?

Today was the first time I saw them dump huge scoops of butter or lard into the deep fryer to make French Fries. I ate them anyway and they tasted delicious and crispy.

Then I played with my three year-old goddaughter who is a bilingual genius marvel. When my grandmother couldn't hear me properly, my goddaughter crawled onto her bed and took my grandmother's chin into her hands and physically turn her toward me. Then I ate a million fried chickens... Yummmmmmm....

We had a cookie party when Arianna (goddaughter) brought me a bag of chocolate Graham Crackers.

I have been busy making tons and tons of reviews with Dan Stein for: ZOOZOOM Magazine Check it out because this took a huge portion of my life and I hope to someday go to Icelandic and Singapore Fashion Week.

Also: I am weening myself off of caffeine and it's really really really hard. AND: I realized that when I am a ghostly spirit I will understand human beings a little bit better than I do now, which is a little silly because you think when you are human you will understand humans... Maybe you understand them better as memories.